The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has released three new Web services standards designed to improve the handling of binary data in various software formats and improve interoperability among applications vendors.
The standards are XML-binary Optimized Packaging (XOP), SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM) and Resource Representation SOAP Header Block (RRSHB) — all of which offer ways to efficiently package and transmit binary data included or referenced in a SOAP 1.2 message.
